dy-

• di-

Learned borrowing from Latin dī-.

• IPA^(key): /dɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘ
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dy-

1. di-

   Synonyms: bi-, dwu-

   ‎dy- + ‎chromatyczny → ‎dychromatyczny

• dy- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /də/

From Middle Welsh dy-, from Proto-Celtic *dus-, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-.^[1]

dy-

2. bad

   ‎dy- + ‎llaw (“hand”) → ‎dylaw (“clumsy”)

From Proto-Celtic *do-, from Proto-Indo-European *do.^[2]

dy-

2. to, together

   ‎dy- + ‎mynnu (“to insist”) → ‎dyfyn (“summons”)

   ‎dy- + ‎crŷn (“trembling”) → ‎dychryn (“to frighten”)

This prefix causes soft mutation except before cl and cr, which become chl and chr.^[2]

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dy-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies